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  • Essay / Caroline Watson as a Public Child Intellectual - 926

    For example, she teaches students how to care for the elderly, people with disabilities or special educational needs, as well as young children, because she believes that these people are vulnerable and they are in danger. need physical care and emotional support. Because of this practice, it could be argued that it promotes understanding among young people of their responsibilities towards others, which then encourages them to learn to respect others, especially older people, to tolerate individual differences, to “learn to respect the laws, codes and conventions” that are in place to protect these vulnerable people (Blunkett, 2001, p. 17; Giroux, 2012). Furthermore, according to Blunkett (2001), teaching young people responsibilities towards others is not simply because it is useful to do so, but it is a process that promotes common practices.